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Access to benefits: the information needs of minority ethnic groups
- Author:
- BLOCH Alice
- Publisher:
- Policy Studies Institute
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 97p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Directory of voluntary organizations in the black and ethnic minority communities in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
- Publisher:
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organizations
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 47p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Small acts: thoughts on the politics of black cultures
- Author:
- GILROY Paul
- Publisher:
- Serpent's Tail
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 257p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Essays linked by they key themes of: black nationalism; ethnic absolutism; the links and differences between the black Atlantic diasporas; and disapora aesthetics and their complex relations to modernity.
Concise guide to customs of minority ethnic religions
- Authors:
- COLLINS David, TANK Manju, BASITH Abdul
- Publisher:
- Arena
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 83p.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Basic, practical guide.
Health relations
- Author:
- THOMPSON June
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 3.11.93, 1993, pp.50-52.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on a health promotion campaign in South London with Asian older people.
Damage limitation
- Author:
- CRESSWELL Rick
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.9.93, 1993, p.17.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
For a long time concern has been expressed about the over representation of black people in schizophrenia statistics. Questions the admissions process and criteria by which people are diagnosed as having a mental health problem. Calls for a multi-cultural approach to mental health.
Racism at work
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.8.93, 1993, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The issue of racism at work throws up a variety of dilemmas for black workers and SSDs: black staff wonder how to offer an equitable service when faced with a racial abuse and SSDs want to be able to best support their black workers without undermining their professional standing. In addition there is the difficult situation of deciding whether the abuse warrants withdrawing the service from the abusing user. Outlines guidelines which have been set up to help counter racism.
Meeting the challenge
- Author:
- FRANCIS Joy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 29.7.93, 1993, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
It is an established fact that black people are over represented in psychiatric care and are more likely to be diagnosed as schizophrenic than their white counterparts. The government has approved an 18-month action plan to improve mental health services for black people. Reports on the programme and the requirements of SSDs to make it work.
Fading fast
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.6.93, 1993, p.14.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Black activists are claiming race issues are being pushed further down the agendas of SSDs. Looks at a recent case in Birmingham and draws comments from various directors of SSDs and Ratna Dutt of the Race Equality Unit at NISW.
Young black people leaving care - a continuing case of neglect
- Author:
- WHITTAKER Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 94, March 1993, pp.15-17.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Reports on research into the needs of young black women who have been in care, and the lack of planning and resources in many SSDs.